Carrier



(No Model.)

F. BUTLER & J. K. STANSBURY.

CARRIER.

No. 590,566. Petented Sept. 28,1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK BUTLER AND JAMES K. STANSBURY, OF FAYETTE, IOVA.

CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 590,566, datedSeptember 28, 1897.

A li ti fil d November 21, 1896. Serial No. 613,039. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK BUTLER and J AMES K. STANSBURY, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Fayette, in the county of Fayette andState of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCarriers; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to endless carriers.

The ordinary form of endless canvas carriers, such as used on bindersand other machines, is liable to become damaged by dampness or injuredby mice or other small animals; and our object is to provide a carrierespecially adapted for binders which will be of such novel constructionthat it will be well adapted to serve its purpose and be practicallyindestructible by usage and capable of production at a small cost.

Having this object in View, our invention consists of an endless carriercomprising certain novel combinations appearing more fully hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a section of mycomplete carrier; Fig. 2, an enlarged detail View showing theconnections between the longitudinal and cross stays; and Fig. 3 adetail View showing the connection between the sprocket-link and across-stay.

\Ve employ endless sprocket-chainsl and 2, each link being provided withan eye 3 on its inner side. Otherwise the links are of ordinaryconstruction.

The numerals 4 designate cross-stays which are preferably constructed ofcoarse wire and are bent into loops or eyes 5. They might be made ofmetal strips, if desirable. The ends of thecross-stays are passedthrough the eyes of the operating-links and twisted around the stays, asat 6. There are longitudinal or lengthwise stays 7. One end of each stayis passed through an eye 5, as shown at 8, and the other end is passedthrough an eye into the next adjoining cross-stay, but is twisted aroundthe cross portion formed by said eye and twisted around itself, as at 9.This construction is carried out in regard to all the lengthwise stays.It is preferable that the lengthwise stays be of smaller wire than thecross-stays.

A carrier such as we have described is exceedingly strong and light andwell adapted to serve its purpose.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a carrier, the combination with crossst-ays bent into eyes, oflengthwise or longitudinal stays hooked into the free portion of the eyeof one cross-stay and hooked into the eye of the next adjoining cross 4stay, but around the crossed portion of said eye.

2. In a carrier,the combination with sprocket-chains whose links areprovided with eyes, of cross-stays hooked through said eyes and alsobent into intermediate eyes, and lengthwise or longitudinal stays hookedthrough the eyes of adjoining cross-stays.

In testimony whereof we have signedthis specification in the presence oftwo subscrib-

